Denmark: Pornography: What Is Permitted Is Boring

On July 1, Denmark will become the first
state in modern history to abolish every legal sanction against
pornography for adults. That milestone became official last week when
the Danish Folketing overwhelmingly approved the necessary
legislation. In fact, by deliberately not enforcing the laws still on
its books, the Danish government had already achieved that distinction
for Denmark and had become as well the first signatory ever to resign
from the Geneva convention on obscene literature.* For the past several
months, any Dane over 16 has been able to indulge his appetite...